Unscramble

d 2 e 1 m 3 i 1 m 3 o 1 n 1 d 2 e 1

9 letters · 15 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior

originBorrowed from French demi-monde (literally “half-world”), from demi (“half”) + monde (“world; people”); possibly coined by French author and playwright Alexandre Dumas fils as the title of a comedic play, Le Demi Monde (1855): see the quotation from 1864.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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